I'm sorry bubba hurt you, he'll never touch you again.

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Some of the worst damage is here where they tried to thin the stock down by whittling it

Bubbas spent the last 70 years chopping up antique military rifles; we're going to spend the next 70 years putting them back the way they were.

Good start, anon.

>>34466337
>what should I do?
Bite the proverbial bullet and spend the money on the correct handguard. If you wanted a cheap hobby, you should have taken up shuffleboard.

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>>34466337
SMLE parts are common at gun shows. Just keep your eyes open and continue to do God's work, anon.

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Another success story.

>>34466610
>>34466706
Those are beautiful, I'm guessing it's reproduction wood, what stain did you use?

>>34466610
>>34466706
Well done anon!

>doing God's work

You too anon. You too.

Nothing quite bothers me like seeing a really clean action and barrel having any potential reverence for its place in human history, and therefore dignity, stripped by being bubba'd in a spotter stock.

Where the fuck can I find the barrel band screws and sling swivels for a No1 Mk4

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>>34466757
So far I haven't had to use reproduction stocks, although there is a bubba'd Gew 43 for $800 that I'm considering. I'd have to use reproduction wood on that one. I'll use boiled linseed oil or minwax with truoil, depending on the gun. I won't re-stain unless the color of the wood is not original and I try to match it as close as possible to the original color.
>>34466777
Me too. Ever since I could buy guns I've been picking up dirt cheap sporterized surplus and unfucking them. Wish I had documented the process on some of the earlier projects, like my Garand that was stained gloss black.

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I'll never understand bubba. Someone lathered this Brazilian Mauser in shitty shellac. The entire gun... even all the metal stock parts, barrel, receiver and bolt.

>>34466337
So...have we considered our own re-arsenal mark?

Like how the Graus all put their own marks on the Molina they rebuilt?

Would we be just as bad as bubba for putting a small /k/ next to the arsenal marks or on/in the stock?

>>34467195
That doesn't bother me too much. Keeps the metal from rusting, thus making it less likely that some idiot will take steel wool to it later on.

>>34467195
Ah, that brings up a question.

I've seen several Hakims before, and never once have I seen the wood finished this way.
In fact, this finish ONLY shows up on shitty gunshow purchased Guns (at least in my area)

Should I get rid of it? (I don't necessarily like it; it's flashy and slippery)
And if so, how?

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>>34467337
*forgot pic.